Castle, Italy The Colloredo family is originally from
Colloredo di Monte Albano, Italy, where they owned numerous estates. According to family tradition, it descends from the
Swabian
Lords of Waldsee. Allegedly, Liebhart (
Liobardo) of Waldsee came to
Italy attending King
Conrad II and about 1031 was
enfeoffed by Patriarch
Poppo of Aquileia with Mels Castle near
Udine in
Friuli. His descendants from 1309 onwards built
Colloredo Castle as their residence. The Waldsee lineage however is disputed today. The house was elevated to the noble rank of
Freiherr by the
Habsburg Emperor
Rudolf II in 1588 and became
Reichsgraf in 1724. among them
Dobříš Castle and
Zbiroh Castle and their farmlands, were restored by the
Czech Republic to Jerome Colloredo-Mansfeld (who sold the latter and left the first to his nephew ).
Opočno Castle was returned to prince Joseph III's daughter Kristina Colloredo-Mansfeld. A high court decision however forced her to give the castle back to the State while she was allowed to keep the farmland. A lawsuit over the arts collection at Opočno Castle is still pending. Countess Kristina is living in Opočno and in Gstatt, Austria. The family now owns again about 20,000 of their original 60,000 hectares. File:Opočno zámek.jpg|
Opočno Castle, Czech Republic File:Zámek Dobříš 02.jpg|
Dobříš Castle, Czech Republic File:Zámek Zbiroh, Rokycany.jpg|
Zbiroh Castle, Czech Republic File:Schloss Gstatt.jpg|Gstatt Castle, Austria File:Sierndorf Schloß.jpg|
Sierndorf Castle, Austria File:Old Carpet Factory Hydra.jpg|
Old Carpet Factory mansion,
Hydra, Greece. Originally built for the prominent
Tsamados family in the 18th century. == Princes of Colloredo-Mannsfeld (1789–present) ==